Gene Gene information from NCBI Gene database.
Entrez ID 7001
Gene name Peroxiredoxin 2
Gene symbol PRDX2
Synonyms (NCBI Gene)
HEL-S-2aNKEF-BNKEFBPRPPRX2PRXIIPTX1TDPX1TPX1TSA
Chromosome 19
Chromosome location 19p13.13
Summary This gene encodes a member of the peroxiredoxin family of antioxidant enzymes, which reduce hydrogen peroxide and alkyl hydroperoxides. The encoded protein plays an antioxidant protective role in cells, and it may contribute to the antiviral activity of C
miRNA miRNA information provided by mirtarbase database.
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miRTarBase ID miRNA Experiments Reference
MIRT023992 hsa-miR-1-3p Proteomics;Microarray 18668037
MIRT047661 hsa-miR-10a-5p CLASH 23622248
MIRT046023 hsa-miR-125b-5p CLASH 23622248
MIRT042800 hsa-miR-339-5p CLASH 23622248
MIRT039753 hsa-miR-615-3p CLASH 23622248
Gene ontology (GO) Gene Ontology (GO) annotations describing the biological processes, molecular functions, and cellular components associated with a gene.
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GO ID Ontology Definition Evidence Reference
GO:0002357 Process Defense response to tumor cell IMP 30429596
GO:0002536 Process Respiratory burst involved in inflammatory response IEA
GO:0004601 Function Peroxidase activity IEA
GO:0005515 Function Protein binding IPI 17557078, 25402766
GO:0005737 Component Cytoplasm IEA
Other IDs Other IDs provides unique identifiers for this gene in OMIM, HGNC, and Ensembl databases.
MIM HGNC e!Ensembl
600538 9353 ENSG00000167815
Protein Protein information from UniProt database.
UniProt ID Unique identifier for the protein in the UniProt database. Click to view detailed protein information.
P32119
Protein name Peroxiredoxin-2 (EC 1.11.1.24) (Natural killer cell-enhancing factor B) (NKEF-B) (PRP) (Thiol-specific antioxidant protein) (TSA) (Thioredoxin peroxidase 1) (Thioredoxin-dependent peroxide reductase 1) (Thioredoxin-dependent peroxiredoxin 2)
Protein function Thiol-specific peroxidase that catalyzes the reduction of hydrogen peroxide and organic hydroperoxides to water and alcohols, respectively. Plays a role in cell protection against oxidative stress by detoxifying peroxides and as sensor of hydrog
PDB 1QMV , 5B8A , 5B8B , 5IJT , 7KIZ , 7KJ0 , 7KJ1
Family and domains

Pfam

Accession ID Position in sequence Description Type
PF00578 AhpC-TSA 8 141 AhpC/TSA family Domain
PF10417 1-cysPrx_C 161 196 C-terminal domain of 1-Cys peroxiredoxin Domain
Sequence
Sequence length 198
Interactions View interactions
Pathways Pathway information has different metabolic/signaling pathways associated with genes.
  Reactome
    Detoxification of Reactive Oxygen Species
TP53 Regulates Metabolic Genes